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In "William the Conquerer, " Professor Douglas analyzes the causes and the true character of the Norman impact upon England in the eleventh century. The work is both a study of Anglo-Norman history and a biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular, and as reviewers have remarked, it is distinguished by a wealth of scholarship linked ...Read MoreIn "William the Conquerer, " Professor Douglas analyzes the causes and the true character of the Norman impact upon England in the eleventh century. The work is both a study of Anglo-Norman history and a biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular, and as reviewers have remarked, it is distinguished by a wealth of scholarship linked to a lucid and agreeable style.Read Less

476 pages. Softcover. Brand new book. ENGLISH HISTORY. In William the Conqueror, Professor Douglas analyzes the causes and the true character of the Norman impact upon England in the eleventh century. The work is both a study of Anglo-Norman history and a biography of a man whose personal career was spectacular, and as reviewers have remarked, it is distinguished by a wealth of scholarship linked to a lucid and agreeable style. Includes an Index. "Douglas' William the Conqueror possesses the real and elusive quality of greatness....Its originality will surely become the orthodoxy of the next generation."&emdash; Speculum (Key Words: William the Conqueror, David C. Douglas, English History, England, Scotland, Tancarville Family, Roger II of Montgomert, Richard III, Papacy, Montfort-sur-Risle Family, Battle of Hastings, Lanfranc, Grandmesnil Family, France, Edward the Confessor, Durham, Brittany, Caen, Alencon).

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